The U.S. Department of Justice maintains the National Criminal Justice Reference Center (NCJRC). Its Virtual Library Abstracts Database houses materials and resources produced and/or sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Prior to October 2014, the Library collected resources from a wide variety of sources (i.e., research organizations, journal publishers, etc.). These materials remain available through the NCJRS collection. The collection covers the broad subject areas of criminal and juvenile justice, as well as related fields of study.
Class, Race, Gender, Crime by 
Death Penalty: to Be or Not to Be by 
Introduction to Corrections by 
Storming the Wall by 
Crime and Deviance by 
Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving by 
Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention by 
An Introduction to the Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency by This list is a very short sample of what is published by the United States federal government. For more, browse the government documents collection at Watson Library or USA.gov. For information specific to criminal justice, look at the National Criminal Justice Reference Service and the Department of Justice